Xiong Ni, an Olympic champion known as the "Prince of Diving", has served as the party secretary of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau.
According to the official website of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, on December 27, the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau held a cadre meeting to announce the decision of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee on the appointment and dismissal of the secretary of the party group of the Provincial Sports Bureau: Comrade Xiong Ni was appointed secretary of the party group of the provincial sports bureau, and Comrade Li Shun no longer served as the secretary of the party group of the provincial sports bureau.
In addition, the "Institutional Leadership" column on the official website of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau shows that Xiong Ni is currently presiding over the overall work of the Provincial Sports Bureau.

Screenshot source: Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau official website
Xiong Ni was previously deputy secretary of the party group and deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau. On December 19, the Organization Department of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee issued a number of pre-appointment announcements for cadres, of which Xiong Ni intended to take up the leadership position of the provincial unit at the level of the main department.
Xiong Ni at the men's three-metre springboard award ceremony at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Xinhua News Agency
According to public information, Xiong Ni was born in January 1974, and entered the Hunan Provincial Amateur Sports School to practice diving in 1982, and was selected into the Hunan Provincial Team in the same year. In January 1986, he was selected for the national training team.
According to the official website of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, Xiong Ni was the runner-up in the men's platform of the 6th National Games in 1986; the men's platform champion of the Asian Swimming Championships in 1988; the runner-up of the men's platform of the 24th Olympic Games in 1988; the men's platform championship of the World Cup in 1989; the men's platform champion of the 11th Asian Games in 1990; the runner-up of the men's platform of the 6th World Swimming Championships in 1991; and the third place in the men's platform of the 25th Olympic Games in 1992 In 1993, he won the men's platform championship of the 8th World Cup Diving Championships, in September 1994 he won the fifth place in the men's platform of the 7th World Swimming Championships, in September 1995 he won the men's 3m springboard of the World Cup Diving Championship in Atlanta, USA; he cooperated with his teammates and won the men's team and mixed team championships.
On July 29, 1996, Xiong Ni won the men's springboard championship at the XXVI Olympic Games in Atlanta, usa, becoming the first Chinese athlete to win the gold medal in the men's springboard of the Olympic Games. In January 2000, he won the first place in the men's 3m board double jump with Xiao Hailiang at the World Cup diving competition in Australia. 2000 Sydney 27th Olympic Diving Men's Three Meter Board Champion, Men's Three Meter Board Double Champion.
Xiong Ni has been named one of the "Top Ten" athletes in Diving in China 3 times, the "Top Ten" Athletes of Hunan 4 times, and the "Top Ten" Athletes of The Whole Country twice. The Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League awarded him the title of "New Long March Commando" three times, and the Hunan Provincial People's Government awarded him the title of "Advanced Worker of the Province" 4 times, and recorded the first class merit 3 times. The National Sports Commission awarded him the Medal of Honor for Sports, and he was also named a national advanced worker three times. In 2000, the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Hunan Provincial Youth Federation awarded him the "Hunan Youth May Fourth Outstanding Contribution Medal", the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League awarded him the "Chinese Youth May Fourth Outstanding Contribution Medal", and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions awarded him the national "May Day Labor Medal".
Xiong Ni (data map Image source: CCTV)
In 2001, Xiong Ni officially retired. Since then, he has successively served as the secretary of the party committee of the sports brigade of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, the party committee member and full-time deputy secretary of the organs directly under the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, and the deputy secretary and dean of the party committee of the Hunan Sports Vocational College.
In 2007, Xiong Ni was transferred to the deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, in charge of competitive sports. "We try our best to provide the best conditions for athletes and coaches, and also emphasize the Hunan spirit of 'eating hard and dominating the wild'." I also use my experience to help young athletes avoid detours and get through the psychological difficulties before the competition. Xiong Ni said.
According to the "Hunan Daily" report, Xiong Ni "thinks about what athletes think, thinks about athletes", not only for active athletes, retired athletes and retired sports people are also his "focus objects". After years of efforts, the "Hunan Provincial Measures for the Resettlement of Retired Athletes" has been improved, which has greatly increased the economic compensation fee and broadened the channels for athletes to enroll in further education; the sports bureau's old house renovation project is fully promoted, and elevators will be installed for old buildings, and the problem of travel difficulties for retired old sports people will also be solved.
At present, the director of the Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau is Luo Shuangquan, female, born in January 1973, Han ethnicity, Hunan Liling people, Zhi Gong Dang, graduate degree.
Synthesized from the official website of Hunan Provincial Sports Bureau, Hunan Daily, Governor of Chang'an Avenue, etc
Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Cao Fei Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency (Data Map) Photo Editor: Cao Liyuan
Source: Author: Zong He